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`A Letters Patent No. 104,735, .Tim 2.8,

PLFWise. HOFFMAN, o-FfHA'LBAnte,FFW` YORK.

i p Schedule referred to in theseLettersf-'Iratent and meis'ing'pat of'che saine To all whomjtnmty cmfcern:`

'y ne in known than, Lewis G. HOFFMAN, 5f the; city and county of Albanyand State of NewYork, ,have invented a new and `yusefnl Improvement inYGoal-ash Sitters# and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description of the saine;

reference being had to th'eaccompanyng drawings and to theflettersmarked thereon,rforming a part oi my specification.

My'lmprovement consists in ,preparing a' suitable box or case of properdimensions to siton a box, empty barrel, or 'other receptacle.

In the case or boxl (see A) I suspend my siter, (see.

15,) in -a vertical position, by two arms, (see C O,) passing throughthe f 'rontand rear of thel case, by holes prepared for that purpose,(see I) D,) using, when in i operation, the frontjarm as the handleforshaking,

when the sieve is in position to shake, which is then made to slide on a'cleat prepared (see E) on Athe `left hand of thecase for that purpose.

` To keep the sieve or shaker on 'the necessary bal` aneelin llingit'from'thepcoal-scnttie, ,a button added, (see F.)

At the bottom of the case a drawer .is'proi/ided,` (see G,) which, inlthe .-a'ctvvof siiting,'is`` nearly drawnl ont of the case, and,theashes having passed through "into the box or 'barrel,1ea\ 'e"thecoalin' the sieve.`

The drawer isthenpushed ,in its, proper place, and, with-a slightmoyernen't of' thehandfthe sieve is thrown from Yits balance `and dumpedin `the drawer,

free from ashes.

H is the lid to ease; r What I claim as my improvement in ash-siftersis; The arrangement of the sifter B, witll'the slide E, Yhandle C, andguide O', in combination with box A, by which the sieve may be turned,and its 'contentsv dis charged, as shown and described.

y LEWIS G. HOFFMAN.

IWitnesses EDWARD SAVAGE, JOHN W. WALSH,

